The Jam (comics)

While vacationing in Montréal with friends, the Blood King hired Jane Marble to protect him from a small but determined army of terrorists who followed in his wake. Jane contracted the Gordon Kirby to be the king's body double.

Spans The Jam, Urban Adventure #1–5 (1989–91).[9]

The Devil took a special interest in Gordon Kirby when he learned Gordie's happiness ratings were "off the chart".

Spans The Jam, Urban Adventure #1–5 (1989–91),[9] #9–10 (1995).[24]

Jane Marble referred Gordon Kirby to Dr. Andrew Mandigo who was willing to pay the Jammer to talk about his life as a crimefighter.

Spans The Jam, Urban Adventure #6–8 (1993–5).[20]

Gordon Kirby and Janet Ditko had been together for 10 years. Gordie had rediscovered his calling as a comic artist. Janet was frustrated and looking for a change.

To Get Her (2011).[39]

Gordon Kirby was sent to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to personally deliver a message to Jane Marble's client Mark Trimble. She offered to tear up Mark's bill if he told Gordie about the Kinetic.

Spans The Jam, Urban Adventure #13–14 (1996–7).[30]

Gordon Kirby met Frank Einstein who had traveled to Montréal to uncover the mystery behind a reoccurring dream.

Spans Madman/Jam #1–2 (1998).[32][33]

The Jammer happened upon Jane Marble being mugged in an alleyway at knifepoint.

Found in New Triumph #2 (1985).[2]

The Jammer spotted a mother and her child being threatened on an adjacent rooftop by an angry man with a gun.

Found in New Triumph #3 (1985).[3]

Gordon Kirby tried to return bottles to a convenience store when it was robbed at gunpoint.

Found in New Triumph #4 (1986).[4]

Gordon Kirby called Jane Marble about a job opportunity and overheard an intruder breaking into her office.

Found in New Triumph #5 (1986).[5]

The Jammer happened upon an enraged man dangling another from the roof of a building by a rope.

Found in The Jam Special #1 (1987).[7]

Gordon Kirby dreamed he was the Jammer Omniscient, ruler of Hell for Assholes.

Found in The Jam, Urban Adventure: Super Cool, Color-injected, Turbo Adventure from Hell #1 (1988).[8]

Gordon Kirby visited his bank and noticed two suspicious men walking in and another waiting outside behind the wheel of a car.

Found in The Jam, Urban Adventure: Super Cool, Color-injected, Turbo Adventure from Hell #1 (1988).[8]

Gordon Kirby and Janet Ditko attended the debut of the Balloons at the Blue Angel Bar's New Talent Night.

Found in The Jam, Urban Adventure #2 (1990).[10]

Janet Ditko dreamed she was a superhero attempting to rescue Gordon Kirby (in his Jammer costume) from the clutches of the evil Hell Lord.

Found in The Jam, Urban Adventure #4 (1990).[12]

Tony Matootsi was killed in a freak accident. His wife Nina held a religious vigil.

Found in The Jam, Urban Adventure #6 (1993).[20]

Gordon Kirby and Janet Ditko scrambled to acquire nice a chair that had been abandoned in an alley across from their apartment building.

Found in Negative Burn #25 (1995).[23]

Gordon Kirby met his friend Rex at the Blue Angel Bar to talk about an event that had been bothering him.

Breakfast

Rex related a disturbing encounter he had with an enraged motorist.

Asphalt

Bob, a businessman from Texas, told a ghost story about a haunted stretch of highway.

Insects!

A bar patron recounts his unnerving experiences with the intrusive insect life of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Found in The Jam, Urban Adventure #11 (1995).[26]

Gordon Kirby and Janet Ditko were invited to Studio C by Janet's Aunt Zoe for the opening of Klee Shonin's new show.

Found in The Jam, Urban Adventure #12 (1996).[29]

Snuuger Dü, Bug-Eyed Monster, Dr. Robot, and No.1 met the Jammer when they got lost following a storyline.

Found in Awesome: The Indie Spinner Rack Anthology (2007).[35]

Gordon Kirby attended a regular drawing workshop and social hour for cartoonists at La Sala Rosa Restaurant. The attending artists produced a collaborative comic.

Found in To Get Her (2011).[39]

Gordon Kirby witnessed a man being shot with an arrow by a bowman from an adjoining rooftop.

Found in Tesseract Nineteen: Superhero Universe (2016).[45]

"Mayhem in Alphabet Town" was a bedtime story created by Gordon Kirby for his nephew Ronnie. It is a murder mystery wherein the residents of Alphabet Town come together to determine who killed Q.

Found in The Jam, Urban Adventure #9 (1995).[24]

"Internal Dialogue" is a 16-page comic written and illustrated by Gordon Kirby about a man who is held ransom by his mistreated organs.

Found in To Get Her (2011).[39]

"Hi-hat" is a series of newspaper-style comicstrips written and illustrated by Gordon Kirby that serve as an allegory to his struggles as an artist.

Found in To Get Her (2011).[39]

"Asshole" is a 10-panel newspaper-style comicstrip about a clown asking for a handout from a disillusioned good samaritan.

Found in To Get Her (2011).[39]

The Jammer's costume consists of a loose-fitting dark-green hooded jogging suit (from Sears); a white belt; and dirty white cavalier-style gloves and boots. Bits of orange material were added to the hood to form a mask with large square eyeholes; and an inverted orange triangle was sewn onto the chest. The clumsy hand stitching shows plainly. Gordie's sister Nancy made the costume for him as a joke in reference to his early superhero comic habit and his devotion to the original Batman television series.

The Jammer's "futility belt" is a jury-rigged tool belt that features four small tubes on either side of a rectangular interlocking buckle. From this belt, he has produced a smoke pellet,[3] a business card,[5] a dog whistle,[20] a notepad & pen,[35] and a plastic pet-waste bag.[39]